Bag-holder.



H. B. VNNOTE.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 29, 1914.

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BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED sEPT.29.1914.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

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BAG HOLDER.

APPLlcAuoN FILED SEPT. 29, |914.

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BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1915.

Application filed September 29, 1914. Serial'No. 864,077.

'To @ZZ wiz-0m t may concern Be itknown that I, HOWARD B. VANNOTE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hasbrouck Heights, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Bag-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to bag holders or supports and has particular reference to devices of this character adapted for holding post oflices, railway mail cars or the like. Y

Among the objects of the invention is to provide a construction suitable for holding in a convenient position a considerable number of individual bags, the construction being of maximum simplicity and strength.

Another object of the invention is to in crease the facility for assembling the device or for replacing bent or broken parts. v

The foregoing and otherobjeets ofthe invention will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings forming a part of this specication in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a preferred embodiment of this invention, the rack being adapted to support ten mail bags; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a right hand end elevation; Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, showing the peculiar clamp adapted to secure two frame members at right angles to each other in a peculiar manner; and Fig. 5 isa perspective view of the clamp members detached.

The several parts ofthis device maybe made of any suitable materials, and the relative sizes and proportions, as well as the general design of the mechanism, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of the invention hereinafter more fully described and specifically claimed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings7 I show at 10 a. substantially rectangular frame member comprising a central longitudinal rib 11 extending the full length of the frame. rThis rib is indicated as being constructed of gas pipe or other similar hollow cylindrical material; hence comprising maximum strength and cheapness.

At 12 l show a series, shown as six in number, of transverse members arranged parallel to one another in the same, plane.

Each of these members is locked rigidly by f a detachable clamp 13 directly in gripping contact with and at right angles to the 4central rib 11.

lAlong. the front edge of they frame is provided a connecting bari 14 and at the Vrea-r edge is another similar bar 15, both preferably parallel to the rib 11, and connected to the ends of all of the cross barsk 12 by T-couplings 16 or angle couplings 17.

vThese couplings may be connected to the corners of each of said spaces are arranged ysuitable means for suspending a mail bag with itsl mouth open.V This means isshown 4as a plurality of hooks 18 each pivotally mounted upon a cross bar 12, each hook member comprising a ring or eye 19, a hook proper 20, and a linger piece 21 whereby the hook maybe manipulated for engaging or disengaging a mail bag. The several hooks, while free to rotate` around the cross bars, are held from longitudinal movement thereon adjacent the couplings and `clamps by means of pins 22 or equivalent means. j

Each of the clamps 13 comprises upper and` lower partsv 23 and24. These clamp members are substantially square in plan and each includes a semi-cylindrical socket member 25 and'flat `side flanges26. Each socket member is deep enough to receive one of the bars, one socket member of the part 23 being adapted to receive the cross bar 12, and the similar part of the other clamp member receiving the rib 11. The relative sizes of the parts, however, are such that when the two clamp members 23 and 24 are brought together with the flanges 26 adjacent each other, the two perpendicularly arranged frame members will bear firmly against each other and will be 0tripped in such position by the action of the fastening means 27 passing through adjacent corners of the clamp members. By providing the socket members 25 of slight-ly less depth than the diameter of the parts to be received many individualv bags f l ,to be suspended therebeneath. At the four loo therein, said parts may be caused to bind firmly upon each other when the bolts or rivets 27 are acted upon to lock the clamp members in cooperation with each other.

Any suitable means may be provided to support the frame l0. F or this purpose,

however, I provide special clampfmembers 2l for cooperation with the corresponding members 23 for cooperation with the cross bars l2 next to the end bars at both ends of the frame. In other words, while I construct a rack or support providing for ten perpendicular to the axis of the rib 1l, but

at such an oblique angle to the axes of the bars 12 as to provide a slight inclination downwardly and forwardly of the frame l() as indicatedin Figs 2 and 3. This arrangement facilitates the operation of sorting mail. Each standard 28 is supported upon a foot 29 made in any suitable manner and supported upon casters 30.

I claim:

1. The herein described bag holder comprising, in combination, a central rib of uniform cross section, a series of cross bars arranged in Contact with the rib and at right angles thereto, a series of clamps coperating with said cross bars and rib, each' clamp comprising a pair of coperating members, each member having a socket to receive a part to be gripped thereby, and means to cause the clamp members to approach each other forcibly, causing the perpendicularly arranged members to be gripped strongly to each other.

2. lIn a bag holder, the combination of a frame comprising longitudinal and tra-nsverse barseach of uniform cross section throughout its length, all of said bars eX- tending from one edge of the frame to the opposite edge, coupling members connecting the longitudinal and transverse bars to one another at right angles, said coupling devices including two-part clamps having socket members to receive the parts to be coupled and means to cause the clamp members to approach each other forcibly to cause the adjacent parts to be gripped against each other, and means to ysupport the frame, substantially as set forth.

3. In a bag holder, the combination of front and rear longitudinal bars arranged in the same plane, a central longitudinal rib parallel to theiirst bars but below the plane thereof, a series of cross bars arranged in the same plane as the front and rear bars,

' means to connect said cross bars and front and rear bars, the cross bars lying in direct contact with the upper surface of the central bar, and binding members coperating with the cross bars and central bar causing them to forcibly grip each other.

l. In abag holder, the combination of a frame comprising front and rear connecting bars, a series of cross bars extending between and in the same plane as the connecting bars, means to connect all of said bars together, a central rib parallel to the connecting bars and immediately below the plane thereof and in direct contact with the lower edges of the cross bars, two-part clamps connecting the cross bars with the central rib causing the same to bind rmly upon one another, bag holding devices Lconnected to the frame, and supports for the frame including a pair of standards secured to the two-part clamps adjacent the end clamps of the series, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

` HOWARD B.' VANNOTE. Vitnesses:

GEO. L. BnnLnn, PHILn D. ROLLHAUS.

Copieskof this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. 

